Favaro. Freisa 'F2'
Favaro. Freisa 'F2'
Canavese DOC
Grape: Freisa
Beautifully elegant dark fruit, remarkable extraction from this thin-skinned variety. This vintage is all raspberry and spice, full and rich with fig and violet nuance. 14%.
Freisa is a versatile, strong-charactered native grape variety of Piemonte; producers use it to make everything from frothy, sweet reds to seriously tannic monsters.
The vineyard, 'Vigna Riva Molini', is just 1/5th of a hectare, south facing at an altitude of 380m, morainic soils with a high proportion of stones. The vines are Guyot trained and grapes are picked by hand.
Half of the Freisa is fermented conventionally, the other half utilises a whole grape technique. The two wines are then put together and aged in steel. Production: 750 bottles.
It is a true study on the variety by a winemaker who loves and believes in the grape. Camillo has kept the essential character of Freisa whilst achieving some degree of control and taming its more raucous characteristics.
Vegan Friendly
Red - Medium Bodied